All Chapters of The Best Thing I Never Had: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

Mark sat on the bed; he held his wife in his arms and cried. He was so sad when he saw his mother’s photo. His wife hugged him tightly with tears flowing in her face. They held each other silently for a long time.Victoria patted his back and wiped her tears. She looked at her husband. To her surprise, her husband was fast asleep in her arms. Victoria was scared to wake him up. She held him in that position for more than an hour.He was in a deep sleep. For the first time he had dreamt about his mother, she was smiling at him. Then he woke up; he saw his wife sleeping in his arms in a sitting position.Then he picked his wife up and laid her on the bed. He took a throw and covered her. He walked to the bathroom. There were two sets of toothbrushes, body lotions, shampoos, and towels.He washed his face and brushed his teeth, and then he walked down to the living room to join his brother. His brother was playing games with his friends. “Where is Dad?”Jonathan told him that he was in hi

Mark and his father brought braai pap and salads to the dining room table, after five minutes, Jonathan and his friends put braai meat on the table. They sat around the table to eat. The meat was tender, and it tasted good.Mark had grilled fish for his wife. The atmosphere was good. When they finished eating, Jonathan and his friends cleared the table and put dishes in the dish washing machine.Then they walked to the living room, “Uncle Anthony, our big brother promised to invite us to their wedding.” Timothy looked at his son and asked, “When are you holding your wedding?”Mark looked at his wife. They haven’t discussed their wedding since she was pregnant. “We are not sure yet Dad, we haven’t decided. I would like my children to be part of our wedding.If they are daughters, I would like them to be their mother’s flower girls and, if they are boys, to be my page boys, maybe when they are three years old.” Victoria smiled sweetly at her husband; she liked the idea.His father smiled

When Victoria arrived at the office, she went to her father’s office. “Good morning Daddy, are you well?” Her father was so happy to see her, “I’m well, thank you my beautiful daughter. How are my grandchildren?”Victoria smiled and replied, “They are well, thank you Dad, and we are going for a check-up today at 1 pm.” Her father became excited, “do you mind if I come with you?”Victoria smiled and replied, “I don’t mind Dad, and my father-in-law is coming with us as well. We will leave just after 12 pm.” Her father was grinning from ear to ear, and then she left her father’s office.Victoria went to her office; Jonathan reminded her about the meeting. The Pretoria Subsidiary company was not doing well. Her father tasked her to find a solution.She sent two headquarters managers to investigate the problem. They disguised themselves as customers, they spent twenty minutes at the reception, and nobody asked them anything.They were busy talking on their private phones. Since they didn’t

Mark woke up before 5:00 am. He walked to the bathroom and filled the bathtub, and then he walked to their bedroom to wake up his wife. She was in a deep sleep. He kissed her until she woke up.She smiled at her husband and said, “Good morning love of my life, did you sleep well?” Her husband smiled at her and replied, “Good morning my soul mate, I slept well thank you. How are you?”Victoria sat on the bed and replied, “I’m well thank you, what time is it?” Mark told her that it was 5:05 am, and then he picked her up and walked with her to the bathroom.They washed up; Mark helped her dress up, and then they headed down to the living room to watch television. When Mark switched on the television, the umpire was in the process of tossing the coin.“Baby, I’m hungry,” said Victoria rubbing her stomach. Mark smiled at her and asked, “What do you want to eat?”Victoria told him that she would like to eat instant porridge, and then Mark walked to the kitchen to prepare food for his wife.

Deon made a reservation at The Grill Room restaurant for 6:00 pm. Deon and his wife, Debby, freshened up and went to The Grill Room for dinner. They were greeted warmly by the friendly waitress; she took them to their table.The setting was cozy and romantic. She gave them the menu, “Do you want to order drinks now or do you want to take a few minutes to look at the menu?”Debby replied smiling, “Please give us a few minutes.” Then the waitress left them alone. “Hubby, what are you going to eat?” asked Debby smiling.Deon looked at his wife tenderly and replied, “I will eat medium rare grilled Beef T-Bone, with grilled garden vegetables and creamy spinach. And you Honey?”Debby looked at the menu and said, “I’m craving seafood, but I just saw grilled Spatchcock chicken. My mouth started watering; I’m torn between the two.”Deon smiled at her and said, “Order both of them and choose one as a takeaway.”Debby looked at her husband and said, “I will do as you say, my love, I will order Ki